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1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 400 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16, 17, and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Nicole Duclos
 France
Silver Colette Besson
 France
Bronze Maria Sykora
 Austria

Results

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Final

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18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicole Duclos  France 51.7 (51.72) WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colette Besson  France 51.7 (51.74) WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maria Sykora  Austria 53.0 NR
4 Hannelore Middecke  East Germany 53.1 NR
5 Karin Lundgren  Sweden 53.4
6 Donata Govoni  Italy 53.6
7 Janet Simpson  Great Britain 53.8
8 Rosemary Stirling  Great Britain 54.6

Semi-finals

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17 September

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Colette Besson  France 52.2 Q
2 Hannelore Middecke  East Germany 53.3 NR Q
3 Janet Simpson  Great Britain 53.6 Q
4 Donata Govoni  Italy 53.7 NR Q
5 Taysiya Kovalevskaya  Soviet Union 54.1
6 Jennifer Pawsey  Great Britain 54.8
7 Elżbieta Skowrońska  Poland 55.3
Berit Berthelsen  Norway DNS

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maria Sykora  Austria 53.2 NR Q
2 Nicole Duclos  France 53.2 Q
3 Karin Lundgren  Sweden 54.2 Q
4 Rosemary Stirling  Great Britain 54.3 Q
5 Krystyna Hryniewicka  Poland 54.7
6 Eliane Jacq  France 54.7
7 Uschi Meyer   Switzerland 54.9
8 Olga Klein  Soviet Union 56.3

Heats

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16 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nicole Duclos  France 53.2 Q
2 Karin Lundgren  Sweden 54.5 Q
3 Donata Govoni  Italy 54.6 Q
4 Rosemary Stirling  Great Britain 54.7 Q
5 Anna Dundare  Soviet Union 55.2

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Colette Besson  France 52.1 CR Q
2 Maria Sykora  Austria 53.6 NR Q
3 Janet Simpson  Great Britain 54.1 Q
4 Hannelore Middecke  East Germany 54.2 Q
5 Elisabeth Randerz  Sweden 55.5
6 Eeva Haimi  Finland 55.8

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jennifer Pawsey  Great Britain 54.8 Q
2 Eliane Jacq  France 54.9 Q
3 Olga Klein  Soviet Union 55.0 Q
4 Krystyna Hryniewicka  Poland 55.4 Q
5 Birgitte Jennes  Denmark 55.5

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Taysiya Kovalevskaya  Soviet Union 55.0 Q
2 Berit Berthelsen  Norway 55.2 Q
3 Uschi Meyer   Switzerland 55.5 Q
4 Elżbieta Skowrońska  Poland 55.6 Q

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014